EUROPEAN WORDS.
consonants before certain vowels, by their further inabi- lity to pronounce combinations of consonants or any final consonant except n, and by the absence from their language of some of the commonest European sounds, such as / and v. Hence such metamorphoses as the following :
berumotto, from " ver- mouth."
ut from "the Ger- man pronunciation of " typhus."
garasti, from " glass." hokoj "fork." Igirisu, "English." kasuteira, from " Cas- tilla."
(Sponge-cake is so called, because introduced by the Spaniards).
but "a
koppu, from "cup,' used to signify glass."
" pencil." "lamp."
penshiru, ramp u,
from
ramune, nade."
lemo-
shatsu, from "shirt." zentorumcn, from "gentle- men."
II 35. Finally certain contractions are brought about by euphony and the desire for speedy elocution. Such are ip-pai for ichi hat, " one cupful ; " sam-ben for san hen, " three times." For these the student is referred to the chapter on numerals, IF 153, as it is in the case of the numerals that these contractions most frequently occur and are most necessary to be committed to memory.
